I met Alexina Louie many years ago in New York. Two of the pianists I managed at Columbia Artists Management — Ralph Markham & Kenneth Broadway — were performing a suite she had written on tour. It featured a movement beautifully evocative of gamelan music and...
On Friday night, May 10, 2019, three winners of Chor Leoni’s C4 Competition received Barbara Pentland Awards of Excellence for Outstanding Composition. Jordan Nobles, CMC Associate Composer and CMC BC Librarian was on hand to present the awards to...
Join us Monday evening, June 17 at 7pm in the architecturally spectacular rennie museum for ‘8 x 5’ — a special evening featuring the world premiere of eight new, five-minute string quartets performed by the internationally renowned Borealis String...
Conductor and Composer Jon Washburn was presented with CMC BC’s 2019 Barbara Pentland Lifetime Achievement Award at his final concert conducting the Vancouver Chamber Choir as Music Director Friday night, May 10. My remarks in presenting the award to Jon follow:...
(pictured above: five winners of Grade Five Song-Writing Competition) On Friday night, May 10, 2019, CMC BC presented Barbara Pentland Awards of Excellence for Outstanding Composition to winners of the Vancouver Chamber Choir‘s Young Composers Competition. BC...
CMC BC is pleased to welcome three new members to the BC Advisory Council of the Canadian Music Centre, who were were elected at the BC Annual Meeting held on Monday, April 15, 2019 in CMC BC’s Murray Adaskin Salon. The new Council members are Rosemary Thompson,...
A Letter From CMC President & CEO, Glenn Hodgins Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Canadian Music Centre’s digital magazine, CMC Résonance! For 60 years, the CMC has been a voice and home for contemporary Canadian composers. Our goal for CMC Résonance is to...
(Pictured above: CMC BC Director Sean Bickerton with recent winners of LCMS Young Composers Competition) Langley Community Music School (LCMS) held their third annual Young Composers Competition last month. The competition is offered to music students working at the...
